[Strawbale] Anti Cement Folks / an unsustainable policy

[John Swearingen]

On 5/8/07, Alan Abrams <alan at abramsdesignbuild.com> wrote:
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> The essay, "An Unsustainable Policy," by Ujjval Vyas, a LEED accredited
> attorney who consults on emerging construction practices, throws a
> rainbarrel of cold water on the "overselling of sustainability."  Vyas
> rejects sermonizing:


 The green community has been very remiss in mixing with the larger
construction world, it's true.

Harsh indeed, but fundamentally true--if green is going to make a
> significant contribution to mitigating climate change, it's got to satisfy
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> range of basic needs, including the owner-builder's perceived "rational
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> interests."


Excuse me, but please explain the difference between "rational self
interests" and, say, "selfishness".  Isn't the point to expand our
conception of self-interst to include others we don't even know and many
never have heard of?  And will any effective change come unless that occurs?

"All that glisters is not gold."
Adieu,

John "Chocolate Shakespeare" Swearingen

Alan Abrams
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John Swearingen
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